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THURSDAY, JUNE 9, 1983

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1 000 SQUARE METRES OF SPACE UNDER THE TAI HANG FLYOVER WILL BE ALLOCATED FOR COMMUNITY USES, AND SPACE UNDER THE CANAL ROAD FLYOVER WILL BE DEVELOPED FOR BOTH ACTIVE AND PASSIVE RECREATION;

* O'BRIEN ROAD, TONNOCHY ROAD AND THOMSON

ROAD IN WAN CHAI, AND WING WAH LANE IN CENTRAL ARE BEING CONSIDERED FOR CONVERSION INTO PEDESTRIAN PRECINCTS;

*FIFTY SIGNS ADVERTISING ONE-GIRL APARTMENTS

WERE REMOVED AND THERE HAS BEEN CONSIDERABLE DECREASE IN VICE ESTABLISHMENTS IN WAN CHAI;

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TEN CLEARANCE OPERATIONS HAVE BEEN CONDUCTED TO REMOVE 64 ILLEGAL STRUCTURES ON PAVEMENTS AND REAR LANES;

* GOVERNMENT'S APPROVAL IN PRINCIPLE TO

RELOCATE THE FORBES STREET POULTRY LAANS IN KENNEDY TOWN, AND FINANCIAL APPROVAL OF ABOUT $12 MILLION FOR A TEMPORARY MARKET ON THE WESTERN RECLAMATION IS BEING SOUGHT:

THE FORMATION OF A STEERING GROUP TO STUDY THE PROBLEM OF STREET SLEEPERS HAS BEEN RECOMMENDED;

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ACTIVITIES ORGANISED IN SUPPORT OF SUCH CAMPAIGNS AS CLEAN HONG KONG, THE FIGHT CRIME, ANTI-NARCOTICS, FIRE PREVENTION, ROAD SAFETY AND THE SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME;

* SPONSORING THE DISTRICT NEWSPAPERS:

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INTRODUCTION OF +MEET THE PUBLIC SESSIONS+;

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* ESTABLISHMENT OF A PLAN AND WORKS COMMITTEE.

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SEVEN APPOINTED TO DISTRICT BOARDS

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SEVEN PROMINENT COMMUNITY FIGURES HAVE BEEN APPOINTED AS UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS TO SERVE ON SEVEN DISTRICT BOARDS.

THEY ARE MR SO CHOI-HING (39), A DECORATION FIRM ARTISAN; MR CHUNG PUI-LAM (43), SOLICITOR: SISTER ANNIE MARGARET KAM-LIN WONG (40), SCHOOL PRINCIPAL; MR JACOB LAI-SANG CHAN (32), SOCIAL WORKER: DA FANNY M.C. CHEUNG (30), UNIVERSITY LECTURER: MR CARSON WEN (30), SOLICITOR AND INDUSTRIALIST; AND MR ANTHONY YIU-WAH HO (37), SOLICITOR.

/THE PRINCIPAL